Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal today said L-G Anil Baijal's order on hospitals would be implemented
amid a political slugfest in the Capital even as cases rise.
Kejriwal, who was
addressing the media a day after he tested negative for Covid-19, said:
"L-G's directives will be implemented in letter and spirit, this is not
the time for disagreements or arguments."
He also asked people to
promote social distancing and usage of masks as a people's movement "just
like the odd-even scheme".
"In normal time, 50
per cent patients come from outside Delhi for treatments. So going by that
calculation we need about 1.5 lakh beds by July. I will personally oversee
stadiums being turned into quarantine centres. In last eight days, Delhi
hospitals admitted 1,900 people. Around 4,200 beds are vacant in
hospitals," said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a digital
briefing.
L-G Baijal had overturned
the decision of the AAP government to reserve Delhi government hospitals and
some private ones for residents.
Delhi's Covid-19 tally has
crossed the 31,000-mark with the death toll at 905, latest figures released by
the Arvind Kejriwal government reveal, even as the Capital sees a slugfest over
the pandemic which has infected more than 2.6 lakh people in the country.
According to the latest
figures, Delhi recorded 1,366 new cases, taking the total to 31,309 and 31
deaths adding up to 905 in the last 24 hours. The Capital also saw a total of
11,861 recoveries, while 14,556 are in home isolation.
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